Decided it was time to entertain a few people, so we had a dinner at home on Saturday, and entertained the Curds and the Willsons to roast pheasants (one of whom was shot by David L) cooked in a Gary Rhodes style with barley in a whisky sauce.

The evening started fairly early at around 6.00  Not much point waiting around on these dark and wet winter evenings.  A few G&Ts, then starters based upon a few Middle Eastern recipes.  The pheasants, cheese course (Rosemary had forgotten to remove pudding from the freezer) and finally the frozen Christmas pudding ice cream.